Dell Technologies
A Powerful Partnership for Long-Term Data Protection
Overview
Organizations are generating and retaining more data than ever before. Spectra Logic is Dell’s primary tape library provider via the Dell Extended Technologies Complete (ETC) program, delivering massively-scalable, secure, and cost-effective data protection solutions. Together, Spectra and Dell provide seamless data retention strategies that address the challenges of long-term storage, compliance, and data security, ensuring that businesses remain resilient in an era of exponential data growth.
How Dell and Spectra Logic Deliver Value
Lowest TCO for Data at Scale
- Spectra Logic tape libraries offer the lowest-possible TCO for secondary and archival storage and the lengthiest data preservation timeframe.
- Solutions scale from petabytes to exabytes, enabling businesses to grow without limitations.
Greatest Cyber Resiliency
- Provides an immutable, air-gapped storage solution to safeguard against ransomware and cyber threats.
- Helps organizations meet regulatory compliance requirements for data retention, from years to decades.
Enterprise Archive Leadership
- Spectra tape libraries complement the Dell hardware and software ecosystem, offering a fully integrated, hybrid storage approach.
- Supports Dell backup and archive strategies and solutions, reducing operational costs while enhancing data accessibility.
Why Choose Spectra Logic?
Industry
Leadership
Unmatched Reliability
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Competitive
Advantage
- Over 40 years of innovation in data protection and archival storage.
- Trusted by leading enterprises across government, healthcare, media, finance, and research industries.
- Advanced data integrity and data validation features.
- High-performance tape technology ensures fast backup and retrieval speeds.
- The only enterprise-class tape library solution in the Dell ETC program.
- Helps prevent competitors from gaining a foothold in customer data centers.
- 100% commission and quota credit for Dell DPS and Core sales teams.
Spectra Stack
Delivers affordability in a modular entry-level library with enterprise-class features. It supports LTO drives and scales from TB to 16.8PB native capacity.
Spectra Cube
Blends superior versatility and ease of use into a cost-effective solution for today's most demanding environments. It supports LTO drives and scales to 50.1 PB native capacity.
Spectra T950
Provides enterprise-class performance, features, and flexibility in a midrange library. It supports LTO drives for 300.6PB native capacity.
Spectra TFinity Plus
Offers industry-leading scalability and storage density packaged in the smallest footprint of any enterprise library. TFinity libraries support tri-media capability – the unique ability to intermix LTO, IBM TS11XX and Oracle T10000 tape drives and media within a single library. It supports exabytes of native capacity.
Spectra OSW-2400 Optical SAS Switch
Increases deployment flexibility and simplifies connectivity between servers and tape storage systems. Utilizing active optical cables, the OSW-2400 switch enables connection distances up to 100 meters, enabling SAS fabrics to cover data center floor spaces.
Why Organizations Are Turning to Tape Storage
As data volumes continue to grow exponentially and cyber threats intensify, organizations are reevaluating their storage strategies. Tape has re-emerged as a vital component of modern data architectures, offering unmatched advantages for long-term retention, cost control, and security.
Scales Effortlessly from Terabytes to Exabytes
Tape solutions can expand incrementally or massively, enabling organizations to scale their archives without overhauling infrastructure. This flexibility makes it ideal for midsize to enterprise environments and hyperscale deployments.
Built-In Cyber Resilience
With air-gapped architecture and write-once-read-many (WORM) capabilities, tape provides an immutable layer of defense against ransomware and accidental deletion. It’s one of the most secure ways to store critical data offline.
Supports Regulatory Compliance & Data Integrity
Tape helps organizations meet industry-specific compliance requirements — ensuring data is preserved, verifiable, and accessible for years or decades. Technologies like bit-level integrity checking further ensure long-term reliability.
Environmentally Sustainable and Energy Efficient
Because tape media consumes no energy when idle, it significantly reduces data center power usage and carbon footprint — making it a greener alternative to always-on disk-based storage.
About Spectra Logic
Spectra Logic specializes in modernizing IT infrastructures by delivering scalable and resilient data protection solutions. With a focus on long-term storage, Spectra Logic helps organizations preserve, protect, and manage their data efficiently across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Our solutions power over 10,000 global installations, ensuring data remains secure and accessible for years to come.
Seven Reasons Spectra Logic is the Ideal Ally for Dell
As Dell’s trusted tape partner through the ETC program, Spectra Logic extends the power of Dell’s data protection and infrastructure solutions. Together, we deliver enterprise-grade storage strategies that are cost-effective, cyber-resilient, and built for scale.
1. Tape Solutions Trusted by Dell
Primary tape library provider through Dell’s ETC program for Dell hardware and software environments.
Learn More
For more details on how Spectra Logic and Dell Technologies can help your business, visit Spectra on the ETC Partner page or contact our partner managers:
